Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service
obligation - two years (2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,367,828
females age 18-49: 2,217,568 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,349,863
females age 18-49: 1,256,569 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 129,045
females age 18-49: 121,230 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$44.78 million (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.4% (2005 est.)
Transnational Issues Niger
Disputes - international:
Libya claims about 25,000 sq km in a currently dormant dispute;
much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria,
remains undemarcated; only Nigeria and Cameroon have heeded the Lake
Chad Commission's admonition to ratify the delimitation treaty which
also includes the Chad-Niger and Niger-Nigeria boundaries
This page was last updated on 19 December, 2006
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